Military-Extension Adventure Camps
FREE Military-Extension Adventure Camps in 2012!
Do you know a military parent and teenage child who would like to have lots of fun at a free camp this summer while reconnecting after being away from each other during a military deployment? The University of Kentucky Family and Consumer Sciences Extension is offering free camps for military parents and their teenage children ages 14-18 to attend together! In addition, there are many other adventure camps being offered in other states. Information about all the adventure camps being offered can be found at https://www.extension.purdue.edu/Adventure_camps/campshome.html.
Kentucky’s camps are open to military parents and their teenage children ages 14-18 only from any state and from any branch of the military. It is the intent of the Department of Defense sponsored High Adventure Camps to provide quality outdoor experiences for teens of Service Members in the Active, Reserve and Guard components. Specific questions regarding eligibility should be made to the appropriate Adventure Camp point of contact. For Kentucky’s camps, first priority will go to military parents/children who have experienced at least one deployment and who are geographically dispersed.
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! To sign up, please download and complete the 2012 Military-Extension Adventure Camps application and send through regular mail to Lauren Smith, Camp Coordinator (contact information is in the application packet).
2012 MEAC Schedule
- June 11 - 16: Whitewater Rafting & Outdoor Extravaganza CAMP IS FULL
ACE Adventure Resort, Oakhill, WV
- July 5 - 8: Big South Fork Whitewater Canoeing & Backpacking Expedition
Big South Fork River near Stearns, KY
- August 31 - September 2: Wounded Warrior Camp
Center for Courageous Kids, Scottsville, KY
- September 14-16: Caving, Rappelling, & Rock Climbing Expedition
Old Life Adventure Center near Irvine, KY
Footage from the Backpacking and Canoeing Military-Extension Adventure Camp held July 29-31, 2011 at the Big South Fork River in southern KY. Upcoming fall and winter camps for military service member parents and teens offer opportunities for more river paddling, wilderness survival, cold weather camping, and skiing.
Military parents and their teenage children will enjoy a one-of-a-kind camping experience while connecting and spending quality time together! Spread the word about these camps today to military families you know! This is a great chance to make new friends and family memories that will last a lifetime! For more information about Military-Extension Adventure Camps, contact:
Lauren Smith - Military-Extension Adventure Camps Project Coordinator
University of Kentucky
115 Huguelet Drive
Room 245 Scovell Hall
Lexington, Kentucky 40546-0064
lauren.w.smith@uky.edu
(859) 257-3072
The Kentucky Military-Extension Adventure Camp Team appreciates your assistance in getting the word out to military families! Attending a Military-Extension Adventure Camp will provide military families with quality family time PLUS it also will expose them to the positive world of Kentucky Cooperative Extension!
These camps are just one component of the programming through Family and Consumer Sciences Extension for military families. For information about Operation: Military Kids, go to http://www.operationmilitarykids.org/public/statePOCHome.aspx?state=Kentucky. For information about the three Operation: Military Kids family camps being held in Kentucky in 2011 for military families to attend together, go to http://www.ca.uky.edu/hes/index.php?p=590.
